RSS Tenacious was built by ST Marine Engineering company in Singapore in the late 2000s. Tenacious was commissioned on 5 February 2008.[1]
RSS Tenacious arrived at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2018 for RIMPAC 2018, which took place from 27 June to 2 August 2018. During the RIMPAC exercise, RSS Tenacious successfully test fired her Harpoon missiles.[2] [3]
The Republic of Singapore Navy and the Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists of RSS Tenacious,,,,, and . All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.[4]
Singapore, India, and Thailand held a Naval exercise called SIMTEX on 11 October 2019. RSS Tenacious, HTMS Kraburi,,, and participated in the exercise.[5]
RSS Tenacious participated in Exercise Indopura 2021, together with the Indonesian Navy.[6]
RSS Tenacious led three other ships,,, and to participate in Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021, together with the United States Navy. The two month long exercise involved numerous assets, including 2 F15SG fighter jets to conduct a joint missile firing together with her sister ship RSS Stalwart. In addition, the participating ships conducted Aster missile firing and torpedo firing exercises.[7]
RSS Tenacious participated in Exercise MILAN, a multinational exercise involving more than 30 nations organised by the Royal Australian Navy. During the sea phase, RSS Tenacious participated in air defence, gunnery, and anti-submarine warfare drills, together with the multinational task force.[8]